John filkins



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IMPROVED MOPQWBINGER..

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be itknownthat I, JOHN FILKINS, of Sandwich, in the county of De Kalb, in the State of Illinois, have invented nn Improvedv Mop-Wringer; and I do hereby declare that the following is, a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to .the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making n. part of this specification, in which- Y Figurel is aa-perspective representation of my invention, with a mop in position as whenbe'ing wrang.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of a portable platform supporting two stationary and two hinged-uprights, Iarrangedfor receiving the journals of two rollers, and a treadle fastened to levers, pivoted to the outside of the stationary standards, and used to regulate the pressure of said rollers on the mop when being wrnng.

` In order to gives. correct understanding of my invention, I have marked corresponding parts with similar letters, and will now give such a description as will enable others skilled in the ,art to make and use it.

A represents a substantial portable platform, made of wood or other suitable material, and to support two standards, C C, tenoned into it in Vthe usual manner fof/ wood-work, said standards being also of wood, and arranged to support a roller, P, similar to those rollers used for wringing clothes, and two standards, DD, which are pivoted to standards C C at N. Iron plates M M,vrigidly attached to standardsC C at .the bottoms, provide suitable supports for standards DD, and permit them to open far enough for aimop to pass 'between the rollers P R, preparatory 'to being wrung. The-roller has journals itted to turn in standards C C, as has also thevroller R, one journalof the latter being'made long enouglr to` pass-through' one of the standards D, and to support a crank, E, for operating said rollers, similar to the common clothes-wringen v A treadle, O, is rigidly attached vto two levers, J J, pivoted to the outside of standards C C at K K, and

`used toy give such n: pressure on, the mop, between rollers P R, as is necessary to thoroughly wring the same.`

Said levers having projections L on the opposite-ends from the treadle, for bearing against the back sides of uprights D, cause the roller It to move toward roller P when treadle O is'forced downward by the foot of the operator, coil-springs, Z,.being iittedlto operate between the standards. C D, and force them apart when the foot Vis removed. v

An iron rod, S, is rigidly liked to the tops'of rstandardsl) D, for keeping them against the shoulders of roller R, and'it shonldbe made strong enough so as not to be bent down on said roller by use.

The device'can nearly all be made o f wood, if desired, and at small cost. The pivots N K, plates M, and rod S should be made of iron. d j l The operation is quite simple, and as follows: The mop'can be put between the rollers P It, and the treadle forced down by the foot, `while the crank,E, is turned by the hand, a pail. being set under the rollers to receive the water fromV the mop during the process. The device and pail can becarried about the room by means of the roller P. i v

Having thus described my invention, I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination oil` the standards C C, D-D, rollers P B., springs Z Z, levers J J, having projections L and treadle O, substantially as herein described. v

' JOHN FILKINS. Witnesses:

S'rnrrsmv W. GOOD, ASA. WILLeox, WEST A. W. SEDewrcK. 

